Interobserver variability in the assessment of CT imaging features of traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-330

  Chun, Kimberly A ^a   Manley, Geoffrey T ^b,c   Stiver, Shirley I ^b,c   Aiken, Ashley H ^a   Phan, Nicholas ^b,c   Wang, Vincent ^b,c   Meeker, Michele ^b,c   Cheng, Su Chun ^a   Gean, A D ^a,c   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Computed tomography; Imaging scores; Interobserver agreement; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTTERDAM GRADING SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649088381     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1115     Document Type: Article

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